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3 Teen Sisters Die in Tragic High-Rise Incident

Three sisters ages 16, 14 and 12 died early Wednesday after falling from the balcony of their family’s ninth-floor apartment in a sprawling high-rise complex outside New Delhi, police said. The fall happened around 2:15 a.m. local time, and investigators recovered a handwritten note from the girls’ bedroom. Police said the case is being investigated as a suicide involving minors, with early attention on whether an online game or social content may have influenced the …

Olympic Athlete, Only Fans Model, Suspended for Anti-Doping Rules Violation

Olympic bronze medalist Alysha Newman has been provisionally suspended from competition for violating anti-doping whereabouts rules, the Athletics Integrity Unit said this week. The notice, dated Feb. 3, cites “whereabouts failures,” which cover missed tests or filing errors within a 12-month period and trigger an automatic ineligibility pending a case outcome. The ruling sidelines one of Canada’s most prominent track and field athletes less than two years after she won a historic pole vault bronze …

Body Found at Sea During Search for Mick Jagger’s Family

A body was recovered from the sea near Bude on Jan. 31 during the search for Alexander Key, 37, a chef reported missing from Boscastle on Jan. 24, police said. Officers and HM Coastguard were called about 6:30 p.m., and the man was pronounced dead at the scene. The discovery focuses attention on a weeklong search that drew national interest because Key is the longtime partner of Assisi Jackson, granddaughter of Rolling Stones frontman Mick …

Hospital Evacuated After WWI Artillery Shell Found in Patient’s Butt

A 24-year-old man’s late-night trip to the emergency room triggered a brief evacuation at Rangueil Hospital after surgeons discovered a World War I–era artillery shell lodged in his rectum, authorities and local reports said Monday. The unusual find set off a standard explosives protocol in one of southern France’s largest medical centers at the start of a busy winter weekend. Police, firefighters and a bomb disposal unit were called to the hospital while an operating …

13-Year-Old Mauled to Death by Shark at Popular Beach

A 13-year-old boy died Thursday after a shark attacked him at Del Chifre beach in Olinda, part of Brazil’s Recife metro area, state officials said. The teen was pulled from the water by friends and taken to a local hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead. The death — the sixth shark incident recorded at Del Chifre — renewed scrutiny on coastal safety in Pernambuco, a tourist-heavy state that has logged more than 80 shark incidents …

Ferry With 350 Aboard Sinks; More Than 18 Dead

A passenger ferry carrying more than 340 people capsized and burned before dawn Monday off Basilan province in the southern Philippines, killing at least 18 people as coast guard and navy crews pulled hundreds from the water and overturned hull, officials said. The MV Trisha Kerstin 3 left Zamboanga City on Sunday night for Jolo, Sulu, and sent a distress call around 1:50 a.m. near Baluk-Baluk Island. By late Monday, authorities said at least 316 …

Skier Mauled by Leopard While Taking Picture

A female skier was mauled Friday evening by a wild snow leopard after she moved close to the animal to take a picture near a resort area in Fuyun County, officials said, an encounter that left her with serious facial injuries and prompted warnings to visitors across Xinjiang. The attack, captured in widely shared video, unfolded near Koktokay in the Keketuohai UNESCO Global Geopark, a mountainous destination along China’s northern frontier with Mongolia. Local authorities …

Elephant Kills 22 in 10-Day Rampage

Indian forest officials are hunting a rogue elephant blamed for killing 22 people over 10 days in the eastern state of Jharkhand, a deadly sweep that began on New Year’s Day and continued as the animal slipped between villages and forests in West Singhbhum district. The killings, described by authorities as among the most severe in recent years, have put the region on high alert and focused attention on rising clashes between people and elephants …

12-Year-Old Mauled by Shark at Beach

A 12-year-old boy was critically injured Sunday about 4:20 p.m. when a shark bit him while he was rock-jumping with friends along the Hermitage Foreshore Walk near Shark Beach in Vaucluse, authorities said. Police officers and intensive care paramedics applied two tourniquets and began CPR before the boy was taken by police vessel to Rose Bay and then rushed to Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick, where he underwent emergency surgery overnight. The attack jolted one …

At Least 21 Dead After Brutal High-Speed Train Crash

At least 21 people were killed and dozens were injured Sunday evening when a high-speed train traveling from Málaga to Madrid derailed near this town in Córdoba province and collided with an oncoming passenger train, authorities said. The impact sent carriages off the rails and down an embankment as emergency crews raced to the scene and rail service across the corridor was suspended. Spain’s transport minister said the crash occurred on a recently renovated, straight …